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The sector produces various commodities which contribute to agricultural GDP as follows: maize 14%, tobacco 25%, cotton 12.5%, sugar and horticulture 7%, beef and fish 10%, at least 24% is devoted to the rest of livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and ostrich etc.), 0.5% is accounted by subsistence crops. Agriculture is the major employer of the country’s labour force.
The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) highlights that Zimbabwe as an agro-based economy provides abundant opportunities for investment in value addition in the following sectors:
• Tobacco – accounts for about 15% of exports. Zimbabwe’s high-quality tobacco is in demand the world over and massive opportunities exist, from contract farming to value addition e.g. cigarette manufacturing.
• Horticulture – poised for a huge resurgence. Organic foods are fetching premium prices on the world market due to overwhelming demand in western countries as people are becoming more health conscious. The Netherlands has published “Agribusiness in Zimbabwe: Opportunities for Investment” highlighting the advantages of investing in this sector.
• Cotton – opportunities abound for value addition and beneficiation in this sector. Zimbabwe currently exports 70% of her cotton as lint, but it can further be processed before export.
• Livestock – Zimbabwe is rebuilding her cattle head. Opportunities to export into the regional, EU and Middle East markets exist and can be capitalised upon.
• Pig Industry – there is unfulfilled supply of pork and pork products. Opportunities to export in the region and on the world market abound.
• Poultry – Zimbabwe has been failing to meet local demand hence it imports in order to satisfy the market. Opportunities also exist to export eggs and day-old chicks in the region.
• Dairy Development – The dairy sector is slowly recovering and there are huge opportunities in the production of milk and the entire value chain, for both domestic consumption and export.
• Aqua Culture – fisheries development. Zimbabwe’s fish industry is undeveloped. Boasting of a huge array of water bodies, Zimbabwe’s fish industry has a huge potential to produce for the domestic market and export, especially to the Middle East.
• Rice Production – The country always has a deficit and therefore relies on imports to meet local demand.
• Potato Farming – Potato consumption has been increasing and this area has huge potential.
• Farm Mechanization – The land reform programme benefitted well over 300 000 households. In order to boost production mechanization of farming activities is a must. This is an area with unlimited potential for growth.
Opportunities for value addition in Agriculture
• Timber – extraction and processing presents investment opportunities for furniture manufacturing.
• Sugar milling – apart from milling, there is a huge potential in the by-products of sugar milling e.g. ethanol for blending petrol and molasses for stock feeds.
• Fruit canning and juice making – canning of vegetables and fruits creates backward linkages with agriculture.
Currently exports are unprocessed and great opportunities exist for value addition and processing.
• National Irrigation Rehabilitation and Development – there is potential to irrigate 220 000 hectares in the next five years from the current 150 000 hectares. There is need to develop new irrigation schemes and rehabilitate and modernise existing ones. Investment in irrigation would focus on rehabilitation of existing irrigation schemes, replacement and modernisation of the old irrigation machinery and equipment and development of potential irrigable land.
Special Incentives to attract investment in the agricultural sector:
Farmers Special Deductions – Farmers are allowed special deductions over and above the normal deductions, for instance expenditure on fencing, clearing and stamping land, sinking boreholes, wells, aerial and geophysical surveys.
Value Added Tax – Farming inputs and equipment are subject to VAT at 0%. Most farm inputs such as animal feed, fertilizer, plants, seeds and pesticides and equipment or machinery used for agricultural purposes are zero rated.
Zimbabwe is a famous tourist destination in Africa and boasts of a number of internationally renowned tourist attractions and a favourable year round weather condition. The best known and biggest tourist attraction in the Victoria Falls where Zambezi River plunges into 106 meter deep gorge which runs for 1.6 kilometres across the path of the river.
Other tourist attractions include the World Heritage site of the Great Zimbabwe Monument, Hwange National Park, Gonarezhou National Park, the mountains of Nyanga and Chimanimani in the Eastern Higlands and the historic Matopos National Park near Bulawayo.
The Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls, known by the local Kololo tribe as “Mosi oa Tunya” (The Smoke that thunders” is one of the Seven Wonders of the World” and one of the largest and most spectacular waterfalls on earth.
For more information on tourist attractions click on www.zimbabwetourism.net
Zimbabwe is a beautiful country in Southern Africa that is known for its dramatic landscapes, its diverse wildlife and its hardworking people. Home to the Great Zimbabwe Monument, the mighty Victoria Falls and the majestic Eastern Highlands, the country also boasts of world class national parks in which a variety of animals, including the Big Five, can be found. The largest of these are Hwange National Park in the west, and the Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park in the South. Zimbabwe has a total land area of 390 000 square kilometres and a well educated population of around 14 million people..
1.By Air
(a) Harare International Airport
Harare International Airport is located 15kilometres south of Harare City, the capital of Zimbabwe. It is the main gateway into Zimbabwe and alternate entry point into Central and Southern Africa.The runway is 4725 metres long and 46 metres wide
(b) Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport is located 20 kilometres east of Bulawayo, the second largest city in Zimbabwe. Renamed after one of the founders of Zimbabwe Dr J M Nkomo, the airport is the gateway to the City of Kings and Queens as well as to world heritage sites Khami Ruins (ancient architecture) and Matobo Hills (bold beads). It also caters for regional traffic. The runway is 2588 metres long and 45 metres wide. The airport operates 24 hours per day.
(c) Victoria Falls Airport
Victoria Falls Airport is located 21 kilometres from the Victoria Falls Town Centre. It provides direct access to the Seventh Natural Wonder of the World and Heritage Site Mosi-oa-Tunya on the River Zambezi, also known as the magnificent Victoria Falls. The runway is 2286 metres long and 30 metres wide. The airport operates 12 hours per day.
2. By Road
Below are the border posts that people/goods can use to come to Zimbabwe and they are outlined as to which Zimbabwe shares the border with which country;
(a) Zimbabwe and Botswana
(b) Zimbabwe and Mozambique
(c) Zimbabwe and South Africa
(d) Zimbabwe and Zambia
In order to achieve accelerated economic growth and wealth creation, the Zimbabwe Government formulated a new economic blueprint known as the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset); October 2013 – December 2018. Zim Asset was crafted to achieve sustainable development and social equity anchored on indigenization, empowerment and employment creation which will be largely propelled by the judicious exploitation of the country’s abundant human and natural resources.
The economic blueprint, which is Result Based is built around four strategic clusters that will enable Zimbabwe to achieve economic growth and reposition the country as one of the strongest economies in the region and Africa. The identified clusters are Food Security and Nutrition; Social Services and Poverty Eradication. Infrastructure and Utilities and Value Addition and Beneficiation..
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